Report: Teens Behind Florida YouTube Attack to Be Charged as Adults

[Jeremy]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,349709,00.html

The seven Florida teens accused in the "animalistic attack" filmed for YouTube are to be tried as adults, WFTV.com reported Thursday.

Mercades Nichols, 17, Brittini Hardcastle, 17, and Britney Mayes, 17, face charges of felonious battery, false imprisonment and kidnapping in connection with the attack. Cara Murphy, 16, Kayla Hassell, 15, April Cooper, 14, Zachary Ashley, 17, and Stephen Schumaker, 18, face charges of felonious battery and false imprisonment.

Police said Victoria Lindsay, 16, was attacked on March 30 by six teenage girls when she arrived at a friend's home.

One of the girls struck her on the head several times and then slammed Lindsay's head into a wall, knocking her unconscious, according to an arrest report.

Later, according to a clip of the video that was released by the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the teens can be seen blocking a door and hitting her.

A Polk County judge issued a gag order Wednesday in the case, after parents of some of the teens and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd appeared on national TV shows discussing the case this week.


Meanwhile, a central Florida couple claim they are being hounded by angry callers who mistakenly think they're connected to the notorious videotaped beating of the girl.

Darlene and Jerry Ashley's phone number was mistakenly posted by a user of the YouTube video-sharing Web site, along with the numbers of the other teens charged in the beating.

Callers think the Lakeland couple are the parents of one of the teen boys involved who has the same last name.

They say they have gotten around 300 angry, abusive calls from all over the country Wednesday.

A judge has ordered most everyone involved with the case to stop talking to the media about it.

Click here for more from WFTV.com.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[lilyoder6]

u can see the whole video some where on youtube.. seen it many times so far.. the girl got destroyed basically by the 6 girls.. sad story and hope they get what they deserve

[millwalldavey]

Kids everywhere think they are indestructable and that there are no consequesnces for their behaviors.

[stlrtruck]

This group deserves to go to jail.

[lilyoder6]

i think its funny how the girls thought they could really video tape them beating the girl and posting it on youtube and not getting into trouble.... and then the 1 mom of the beaters said that the girl could of had some wrong in it as well and thats y she got beat.. and the parents of the beaten said that they blame myspcae and youtube..

[SteelCityMan786]

Originally Posted by stlrtruck

This group deserves to go to jail.

10 Years In the Can with about 2000 hours community service will do em some good.

[beSteelmyheart]

That's good news to me!
Let's see how tough they are when they get locked up with some real tough girls. Personally I hope they all get their asses beat.

[TackleMeBen]

Originally Posted by lilyoder6

i think its funny how the girls thought they could really video tape them beating the girl and posting it on youtube and not getting into trouble.... and then the 1 mom of the beaters said that the girl could of had some wrong in it as well and thats y she got beat.. and the parents of the beaten said that they blame myspcae and youtube..

why are they blaming myspace and youtube. they werent the ones beating the crap out of your child.. you should be blaming the girls that did it and their parents for not raising them correctly. everyone nowadays is looking to blame someone else for their mistakes.. everyone needs to learn to own up to their mistakes and take the blame instead of putting it on someone or something else.

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by TackleMeBen

everyone needs to learn to own up to their mistakes and take the blame instead of putting it on someone or something else.

especially on a freaking web site. fact is, parents, most times, will always try to find a way to defend their kids, it's just nature.

I'm glad they'll be charged as adults, they deserve it

Originally Posted by millwalldavey

Kids everywhere think they are indestructable and that there are no consequesnces for their behaviors.

I used to run the streets in a superman costume, that counts?

[millwalldavey]

Originally Posted by The Duke

I used to run the streets in a superman costume, that counts?

I would pay to see that!